David First of Apollo Beach collects Torahs, or, in his words, he rescues them from abuse, desecration and neglect.
That has been his mission, one he shares with his wife, since 2005, when an auto accident triggered his early retirement from a career in banking and finance. More...

TEL AVIV — In 1948, Harold Levine of the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn was rumbling through Israel’s Negev Desert in a mobile dental clinic servicing recruits of the fledgling Israeli army.
He did not know it would take him more than 60 years to fulfill his dream of making the country his home. More...

Maril and Kay Jacobs, Dr. Stephen and Laura Kreitzer, and Joe and Barbara Sterensis will be honored at the annual Tampa Bay Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award dinner Thursday, May 6 at 6 p.m. at the A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tampa. More...